Window-shade



(No Model.)

R. W. BATES.

I WINDOW SHADE. No. 324,519. Patented Aug. 18, 1885,

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RICHARD WV. BATES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-SHADE.

{S PIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,519, dated August 18,1885.

Application fi'ed October 30, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, RICHARD W. Barns, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Window-Shade, of which the following is a specification.

The invention consists in window-shade of beads in the after described and claimed.

The accompanying drawing is an elevation ofa window-shade containing the invention.

A designates a window-casing.

Bis a bar on which the shade is supported. This bar may be attached to the windowcasing or supported upon it'in any convenient Way or by means of any of thewell-known fixtures.

G is a supplemental bar, which may be employed or not, as thought desirable; or more than one of them may be used.

The web D of the curtain is formed ofbeads strung upon separate threads, at a a, suspended from the bar B so as to cover the entire window, said bar B being attached at the top of the window-casings.

The shaded portions of the web shown in the drawing indicate the ornamentation, which is made by using different-colored beads to form constructing a manner hereinthe figured portions from those used in other portions.

By stretching all of the threads to over an ornamental pattern any design or pattern of ornament may be copied into the shade by using different-colored beads to cover the pattern portion.

The main portion of the shade should be made of translucent or light colored beads, and if made plain or without ornamentation will still contain the invention.

The shade thus constructed pleasing effect. The threads allow the curtain to be parted vertically at any point. It forms a shade which does not materially obstruct the vision from the inside of the house, standing near the window, but prevents looking in from the outside.

What is claimed is- A window-shad e made of beads strung upon threads, as a a, arranged to be separately suspended from the top of the Window, substantially as'and for the purpose shown.

RICHARD W. BATES.

gives a very being separate WVitnesses:

FRANK H. .WooDoocK, J NO. H. WHIPPLE. 

